ἔγκαρος
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
English (LSJ)
ὁ, (κάρ, κάρα)
A the brain, AP9.519.3 (Alc.), Lyc.1104.
German (Pape)
[Seite 705] ὁ, das Gehirn, vgl. ἐγκάφαλος; Alc. Mess. 14 (IX, 519); Lycophr. 1104.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἔγκᾰρος: ὁ, (κάρ, κάρα) ὁ ἐντὸς τῆς κάρας, κεφαλῆς, μυελός, ὡς τὸ ἐγκέφαλος, Ἀλκαῖος ἐν Ἀνθ. Π. 9. 519, 3, Λυκόφρ. 1104.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
cerveau.
Étymologie: ἐν, κάρα.
Spanish (DGE)
(ἔγκᾰρος) -ου, ὁ cerebro, seso ἔγκαρον ἐχθροῦ ἀράξας AP 9.519 (Alc.Mess.), κύπελλον ἐγκάρῳ ῥανεῖ salpicará con su cerebro la tina Lyc.1104.
• Etimología: Comp. de ἐν y κάρα ‘cabeza’, q.u., formado sobre el modelo de ἐγκέφαλος.
Greek Monolingual
ἔγκαρος, -ον (Α)
αυτός που βρίσκεται μέσα στο κεφάλι («ἔγκαρος... μυελός»).
Greek Monotonic
ἔγκᾰρος: ὁ (κάρ, κάρα), εγκέφαλος, σε Ανθ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἔγκᾰρος: ὁ Anth. = ἐγκέφαλος.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: brains (AP, Lyk.).
Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]
Etymology: Learned Hypostasis from ἐν and κάρα, κάρη head (s. v.) after ἐγκέφαλος : κεφαλή. Cf. ἴγκρος.
